{"id":106282,"date":"2025-05-16T12:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106282\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:42:11","slug":"much-loved-asian-bakery-to-open-birmingham-branch-as-fans-say-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/106282\/","title":{"rendered":"Much-loved Asian bakery to open Birmingham branch as fans say ‘finally’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nafees Bakers is opening in Lozells and it’s giving out freebies to celebrateNafees Bakers is opening in Lozells (Image: Google)<\/p>\n

An Asian bakery that’s been serving sweets, cakes and treats since 1979 is set to open a new branch in Lozells.<\/p>\n

Nafees Bakery was founded in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir almost 50 years ago and now claims to be the largest South Asian confectionery producer in Europe.<\/p>\n

It has more than 40 branches in the UK now, including in Alum Rock, Smethwick<\/a> and Sparkhill.<\/p>\n

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The new branch is launching at 90 Lozells Road (B19 2TB) on Saturday, May 17 at 2pm.<\/p>\n

The bakery posted online: “Exciting news for Birmingham<\/a> Lozells! Nafees is opening its new branch on May 17, 2025, at 2pm and we can’t wait to celebrate with you!<\/p>\n

“Free samples and sample bags will be handed out to early visitors (while stocks last!) Don’t miss out.”<\/p>\n

It added: “Save the date, spread the word and join us for this special opening. See you there.”<\/p>\n

Nafees is known for its celebration cakes, ras malai, samosas and freshly-baked biscuits.<\/p>\n

Customers shared their excitement for the opening. Asad Hussain wrote: “Can’t wait, in sha Allah I’ll be there.”<\/p>\n

Aleen Syed commented: “Finally!” while Raja Rizwan Tariq said: “In sha Allah I’ll be there.”<\/p>\n

The chain has a good reputation among reviewers in Smethwick and Alum Rock, with Google Review ratings of 4.3 stars and 4.4 stars respectively.<\/p>\n

Reviews on the Sparkhill branch are mixed, with customers giving it a 3.7 star rating out of five. Comments range from calling it a top rated ‘one stop shop’ to one-star complaints about rushed service.<\/p>\n

Nafees will join a number of Asian sweet shops in Lozells, including Mushtaq Sweet Centre and Mishtidesh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nafees Bakers is opening in Lozells and it’s giving out freebies to celebrateNafees Bakers is opening in Lozells…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,48735,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-106282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-lozells","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}